Woodrats from northern Utah were better able to eat toxic plants after receiving microbe-filled fecal transplants, according to a new study by the University of Utah. Researchers hope the finding will have positive implications for other Utah animals.

The boreal toad is considered by some to be a threatened species
needing federal protection. But Utah officials who launched a night-
time "bio-blitz" in a remote patch of desert discovered the toads are
doing well in a very challenging environment.